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Univa is pleased to present the first in a series of Webinars on best practices for cluster and grid computing. Date: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 Time: 10:30am - 11:30am CST Presenters: Steve Tuecke, Univa CTO and Co-Founder Carl Kesselman, Univa Chief Scientist and Co-Founder What Attendees Will Learn If you are considering, or already using clusters in your business, you understand the advantages that result from simplified scalability and increased utilization. We present an overview of best practices for grid computing, based on the maturity level of your environment. We will demonstrate how applying proven grid computing techniques and open source software including Univa Globus to your clusters, will allow you to significantly improve aspects such as data management and remote resource availability for increased collaboration. Who Should Attend The Webinar is targeted at IT professionals such as enterprise architects, and business managers responsible for engineering, scientific and other R&D functions. About Our Presenters Carl Kesselman is the director of the Center for Grid Technologies at the Information Sciences Institute and has made significant contributions to virtually all aspects of grid architecture, infrastructure, and applications, including Globus software. Carl is a Fellow of the British Computing Society, and has received the 1997 Global Information Infrastructure Next Generation Internet award, the 2002 R&D 100 award, the 2002 R&D Editors choice award, and the Ada Lovelace Medal from the British Computing Society. more Steve Tuecke is one of the pioneers of grid computing, and over the past ten years has led the architecture, design and development of the Globus Toolkit. Steve is the recipient of numerous awards and accolades, including Technology Review magazine's TR100 award in 2002, and was recognized by InfoWorld magazine as one of its Top 10 Technology Innovators of the year in 2003. Steve has presented at conferences around the world and is a frequent contributor to computer industry publications. more Register now to take advantage of this unique opportunity to learn from the experts in grid and cluster computing at www.univa.com/news/webinars/register.php.